Confirming
Affectivity, the Dawn of Human Life:
The pre-, peri- and postnatal affective-confirming. Haptonomic
accompaniment of parents and their child
by Frans Veldman
Submitted:
July 9, 2001
Accepted: July
17, 2001
Abstract:
This
article gives a short introduction to the science of Haptonomy
and more specially to the application of its specific phenomenality
of psychotactile affective contact and interaction during
prenatal and postnatal life and during childbirth. The neurophysiological
implications and the influence of this approach on the pain
threshold are briefly mentioned, as well as psychological
influences on the postnatal development of the child. Finally,
there is a critical commentary on the use of the ultra-sound
scan.
